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Old 08-01-2019, 09:29 PM
 
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when you start hunting for a girlfriend, you put the pressure on everyone, especially yourself and the girl in question. when you relax, and stop looking, and start accepting, the girls will come to you.

Sorry, no. You're speaking of that as if it's a magic bullet. Accepting your single life is not an aphrodisiac. It's a way to make peace with your life as it is rather than as you wish it was. I suppose that can have an allure in and of itself, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to guarantee that women will start seeing you as a potential partner. It's outside of your control.
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Old 08-02-2019, 08:29 PM
 
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Sorry, no. You're speaking of that as if it's a magic bullet. Accepting your single life is not an aphrodisiac. It's a way to make peace with your life as it is rather than as you wish it was. I suppose that can have an allure in and of itself, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to guarantee that women will start seeing you as a potential partner. It's outside of your control.

you missed the point here completely. i never said it would be an aphrodisiac or magic bullet. but it DOES open doors as it were. he still has to make the right effort to get into those doors.


i have been doing things like this for more than 40 years, and i am not what most women would look for in a potential boyfriend, yet i have had plenty of success. i speak from experience.
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Old 08-02-2019, 09:07 PM
 
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you missed the point here completely. i never said it would be an aphrodisiac or magic bullet. but it DOES open doors as it were. he still has to make the right effort to get into those doors.


i have been doing things like this for more than 40 years, and i am not what most women would look for in a potential boyfriend, yet i have had plenty of success. i speak from experience.
So do I.
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Old 08-04-2019, 12:11 PM
 
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Ask your friends that are of the female sex for an honest appraisal of your look. Ask guys if you have no female friends. Tell them to be brutal and you will not take offence. Ask how you can improve. Update your wardrobe, haircut, and body and then join a dating website, etc.

Also, some meetups are not for dating. Most women would be turned off if you asked them for a date on a meetup because they are really seeking acquaintances and friendships, unless it was a singles meetup, perhaps? It's like the whole phenomenon of not dating where you work... kind of thing.
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Old 08-04-2019, 04:48 PM
 
Location: H-town, TX.
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honestly, stop looking for a girlfriend, and get yourself in order. start by opening your heart to everyone, and start showing love to everyone regardless of how much they might annoy you.


when you start hunting for a girlfriend, you put the pressure on everyone, especially yourself and the girl in question. when you relax, and stop looking, and start accepting, the girls will come to you.
This is coping at its finest. If this was the case-not worrying an iota about women-I’d have a huge harem these days. Granted, I have one who calls me her fiancée, so I’m good there. How did I get her attention? I nibbled on her quite sternly (“Were you just not raised right? You sure do torture yourself like this a lot!”) about how she manages to date guys who don’t tickle her fancy. At that moment, she knew I was a hilarious troll and knew how to be serious. (I’m sure I’ve seen that on women’s OD profiles before [a guy who is funny yet serious], but it wasn’t a source of inspiration for me. I promise.)

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Sorry, no. You're speaking of that as if it's a magic bullet. Accepting your single life is not an aphrodisiac. It's a way to make peace with your life as it is rather than as you wish it was. I suppose that can have an allure in and of itself, but there's absolutely nothing you can do to guarantee that women will start seeing you as a potential partner. It's outside of your control.
Exactly. Usually, it’s a matter of folks being in the right place at the right time. I don’t pay an ounce of attention to my coworkers of the female gender. Hence, I’m pretty sure (or I hope) they aren’t looking my way, since I don’t date coworkers and many of them are recovering addicts of some sort. Don’t ask me about that, other than it being some mission of the HR lady to nab cheap labor from the local men and women halfway houses.

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Ask your friends that are of the female sex for an honest appraisal of your look. Ask guys if you have no female friends. Tell them to be brutal and you will not take offence. Ask how you can improve. Update your wardrobe, haircut, and body and then join a dating website, etc.

Also, some meetups are not for dating. Most women would be turned off if you asked them for a date on a meetup because they are really seeking acquaintances and friendships, unless it was a singles meetup, perhaps? It's like the whole phenomenon of not dating where you work... kind of thing.
Don’t make a habit of asking women what to do to attract them. Always ask guys who have a habit of doing well at this. Especially a guy who has no dog in the fight. I excel at this stuff, since I don’t hold back nor do I give out silly cliches for advice.
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